The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-10

ers Township. 1t grows some what on
the order Of Indian corn, and yields40
to 100 bushels per acre, being three
times, the. last cutting being as good
as the first. It is planted from. lst
April to LIST June. The grain makes
better meal than corn, and the fodder
is excellent food for stock. 1t is a val
liable crop and should be given a trial
by our farmers. This year Mr.. j. Z
BarnesSJ. W. Lee: D.. L. Barnes and
Jno. Whitley, all planted it and IS
pleased with the experiment. They will
try it again next year on a larger scale,
and recommend it to the farmers Of
the county.
Shelby aurora We have. been in:
formed by Mr.. Jones that Mr.. Flack
made 1900 gallons of sorghum, A. ).
Horn made 1900 and Mr.. baltimore,
made 8OO-The wheat sown this fall
is growing off very hopefully, but there
is, much yet to be sown.-A Shelby
farmer, on three measured acres of
light land, with 1898 worth of fertil-
izer compost, made this year 1875 IA
bushels of measured corn; this at 6Oc
per bushel, with $40 worth of fodder
and tops, made $500 total. The
peas raised paid for the cost of the fer
%tilizer. Mr.. John A.. Ware also made
on the same tract ITO gallons Of evap-
Grated mo1asses on nearly one acre;
also on t~hree-eights of an acre he made
81 gallons of molasses.
Asheville Citizen: Mr.. Burnett
Woody informs us of a distressing fam
lily tragedy which occurred in Meadow
Greek township, Mdison county, on
on Wednesday night last. Daniel Har-
vey was stabbed and killed by his son
Joseph. 1t appeared that the parties
all occupied the same room. The elder
Harvey had been engaged in a wordy
quarrel with his wife during the after
noon, which was renewed after they
went to bed. The son, who had gone
to his own bed, irritated by the noise
of the continued wrangle, rose saying
he would not stand it any longer, went
to his fathers bedside, plunged a knife
three times into his body, and went
out of doors. The father sprang up
and followed his son, declaring that he
would kill him; but directly stopped,
and called to his son-to help him, say
ing "you have killed me-" The O
assisted him to the house and then
made his escape,
Durham Recorder: This morning
Mr.. William Garrett, of this county,
and who lives about eight miles from
Durham while standing in the front
door of Lockhart's warehouse, drop.
ped dead. He was picked up and car
1ied to the shop of Mr.. Willis Man
gum, who is an undertaken, and there
shrouded and encased in acoffin. He
was about 70 years old, and left home
this morning with-a load of tobacco,
accompanied by a little negro. He
had not been sick for many years, and
at no previous time had he showed
symptoms of heart disease.-We un-
derstand that a general invitation will
be extended to the Masons of the State
to take a part in the ceremonies Incl
dent to the laying Of the-corner stone
of the Court House November 10th.
The fraternity will be heartily well
comed.-As an emblematic represen-
tation of the generosity of the man,
we will say that Mr.. J. S. Carr has
paid to the Graded School $4,000 one
half of his school tax, Notwithstanding
the litigation pending in the Supreme
Court Furthermore, he sent five tons
of coal to the school.
State Chronicle: One of the best evil
dences that North Carolina is a%ttrrct-
ing attention the world over is the fact
that a gentleman from Congo Free
State, South Africa, was in Raleigh
last week desiring to ascertain if he
could secure and ship to South Africa,
house material prepared, the lumber
creosoted, to withstand the ravages
of the white ants. The North Carolina
Car Company, to whom he made appli-
cation, will give him all possible in
Observation-Disclosures. M. Finger, SUI.
p%erintendent of Public INSTRUCTION,
will deliver a lecture at the University,
Nov. 18th. His subject viii be cite
Public School Problem" "A hot
water boiler in the kitchen at the Nor
canton Asylum, exploded last Sunday,
seriously injuring n or two colored
cooks.-The distinguished evangelist,
Rev. Mr.. Pearson, whose labors
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